Mergers & Acquisitions

Element Solutions Buying Micromax From Celanese For About $500 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Element Solutions, a specialty chemical technology company, announced an agreement to acquire Micromax from Celanese for approximately $500 million in cash. The acquisition, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 pending regulatory approvals, will integrate Micromax into Element Solutions’ MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions business, further strengthening the company’s position in the electronics materials market.

Cygnet Energy To Buy Kiwetinohk Energy In C$1.4 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Cygnet Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kiwetinohk Energy Corp. (KEC) for C$24.75 per share in cash, valuing the deal at approximately C$1.4 billion, including debt.

Skyworks And Qorvo Merging In $22 Billion Deal To Create U.S. Semiconductor Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo have announced a definitive agreement to combine in a cash-and-stock transaction valuing the new enterprise at approximately $22 billion, forming a U.S.-based leader in high-performance RF, analog, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions.

Ameriprise Financial Onboards $1.6 Billion Firm The Atlantic Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Ameriprise Financial announced that The Atlantic Group, a Boca Raton–based advisory practice managing more than $1.6 billion in client assets, has joined its branch channel from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. The 16-member team includes nine financial advisors and seven support professionals, led by founding partners Andrew Lerner, APMA, AWMA, CFP, ChFC, and Logan Shalmi.

Littelfuse Buying Basler Electric In $350 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Littelfuse, a leader in electrical energy transfer solutions, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Basler Electric Company for approximately $350 million in cash.

Almonty Buys U.S. Tungsten Project To Expand Domestic Supply Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Almonty Industries has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Gentung Browns Lake Tungsten Project in Beaverhead County, Montana, for total consideration of $9.75 million. The deal marks a significant step in Almonty’s strategy to strengthen North American tungsten production amid rising global demand and geopolitical supply constraints.

Osmose Buying Centillion Solutions To Expand Technical Services Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Osmose Utilities has announced the acquisition of Centillion Solutions, Inc., a leading engineering services provider specializing in telecommunications infrastructure. The move expands Osmose’s ability to offer end-to-end technical services across the telecom sector, strengthening its position as a single-source partner for design, engineering, and project delivery.

Barclays To Buy Best Egg For $800 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Barclays has agreed to acquire Best Egg, a prominent personal loan originator, in an $800 million transaction aimed at strengthening its foothold in the U.S. consumer finance market. The deal marks a significant expansion of Barclays’ retail banking operations in the United States, positioning the bank to capture a larger share of the growing unsecured lending sector.

Sun Capital Partners Selling Cotton Holdings To Sullivan Brothers Family Of Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Sun Capital Partners, a leading private investment firm focused on building market-leading companies, announced that an affiliate has completed the sale of Cotton Holdings to the Sullivan Brothers Family of Companies (SBFC). The transaction marks a significant milestone for both firms and positions Cotton for its next phase of growth as a global leader in restoration, recovery, and infrastructure support services.

Trinity Consultants Buys Jaros, Baum & Bolles To Expand Capabilities In Built Environment Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Trinity Consultants, a global consulting firm specializing in natural and built environments, announced its acquisition of Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B), a renowned New York-based provider of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection (MEP/FP) engineering services. The acquisition enhances Trinity’s Built Environment division, adding JB&B’s century-long legacy of engineering excellence to its expanding suite of solutions in acoustic design, commissioning, facility operations, and technology strategy.

OpenSpace Buying Disperse To Enhance Leadership In Visual Intelligence For Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

OpenSpace, a leader in construction site visualization and AI technology, announced the acquisition of Disperse, a leading provider of construction progress-tracking solutions. The deal advances OpenSpace’s position as the leading Visual Intelligence Platform for builders, uniting imagery, analytics, and verified progress tracking into a single trusted system that enhances visibility and decision-making across construction projects.

Mews Acquires DataChat For Accelerating Agentic AI In Hospitality Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Mews, a global hospitality operating system provider, announced its acquisition of DataChat, a U.S.-based AI analytics company specializing in natural language data interaction and automation. The acquisition marks a significant step forward in Mews’ mission to usher in the era of agentic hospitality, where intelligent systems autonomously manage operations, optimize performance, and empower staff to focus on the guest experience.

Level Acquires BAM Strategy To Create Unified Growth Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Level, a digital marketing firm backed by Dubin Clark, has acquired BAM Strategy, combining two industry leaders to form a unified growth platform spanning the entire customer lifecycle from acquisition to loyalty.

PartnerOne To Buy Mortgage Cadence From Accenture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

PartnerOne, one of the fastest-growing enterprise software groups, has announced an agreement to acquire Mortgage Cadence, a leading provider of cloud-based digital lending platforms serving banks, credit unions, and independent mortgage lenders, in partnership with Accenture.

FleetPride And TruckPro Merging To Form Leading Independent Heavy-Duty Parts Distributor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

FleetPride and TruckPro have announced the completion of their merger, creating the largest independent distributor and service provider in the heavy-duty aftermarket parts industry. The combined company will operate under the FleetPride name, offering enhanced parts availability, expanded service capacity, and a unified ecommerce experience across more than 450 locations, 110 service centers, and six distribution hubs in the U.S. and Canada.

Xavo Buying Laboperator To Expand Digital Laboratory Execution Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Xavo, a global leader in sample management and laboratory execution systems, has announced the acquisition of Laboperator from Labforward GmbH, marking a significant step toward its goal of delivering a fully unified digital ecosystem connecting research, development, and manufacturing.

Ryerson And Olympic Steel Announce Merger To Form $6.5 Billion Metals Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Ryerson Holding and Olympic Steel have entered into a definitive merger agreement to form the second-largest metals service center in North America, with combined revenue of approximately $6.5 billion. The transaction, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, remains subject to regulatory clearance and shareholder approval.

Cinven To Buy Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio Group From CVC Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Cinven, the international private equity firm, announced that it will acquire a majority stake in Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Group (UAX), a leading private higher education platform in Spain, from CVC Funds. The transaction is being made in partnership with founder Jesús Núñez and Mubadala Investment Company, with Núñez and the management team reinvesting alongside Cinven. The financial terms were not disclosed.

ARCHIMED Diagnostics: Acquisition Of ARK Diagnostics Completed In $428 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

ARCHIMED Diagnostics, the diagnostics arm of healthcare investment firm ARCHIMED, has finalized its acquisition of ARK Diagnostics, a Fremont, California-based leader in specialty immunoassay in vitro diagnostics, from South Korea’s Soulbrain Holdings. The deal values ARK at $428 million, with ARCHIMED acquiring a 60% stake through its MED Platform II fund, while Soulbrain retains 40% and reinvests alongside ARCHIMED.

Nordic Capital To Buy BMLL, Expanding Global Access To Advanced Market Data and Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire BMLL, a leading independent provider of harmonised historical order book data and analytics for global capital markets. The investment, made in partnership with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder Optiver, will accelerate BMLL’s expansion and innovation across asset classes and regions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific To Buy Clario Holdings For $8.875 Billion In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced an agreement to buy Clario Holdings, a leader in digital endpoint data solutions for clinical trials, from a shareholder group led by Astorg, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and Cinven, for $8.875 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in earnout payments based on performance.

AIG: $2 Billion Deal With Everest

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Everest Group, a leader in reinsurance and specialty insurance, announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell the renewal rights of its Global Retail Commercial Insurance business to American International Group (AIG). The deal marks a pivotal move in Everest’s long-term strategy to focus on its core Global Reinsurance and Global Wholesale and Specialty Insurance operations.

Taylor Buying Gooten To Advance Growth In Global Print-On-Demand Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Taylor Corporation, a global print and communications company, announced the acquisition of Gooten, a leading provider of print-on-demand technology and fulfillment solutions. The acquisition combines Gooten’s OrderMesh technology platform and rapidly expanding fulfillment network with Taylor’s national manufacturing footprint and global technology expertise, creating a powerful force in the fast-growing print-on-demand sector.

Sotherly Hotels To Be Acquired By JV Backed By Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners And Ascendant Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Sotherly Hotels announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a joint venture led by affiliates of Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP), with Ascendant Capital Partners LP serving as a strategic partner.

Equitable To Buy Stifel Independent Advisors, Expanding National Wealth Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Equitable, a leading financial services organization and principal franchise of Equitable Holdings, announced that its affiliate has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stifel Independent Advisors, a subsidiary of Stifel Financial. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 pending regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, will further strengthen Equitable’s position in the U.S. wealth management market.

Voyager Technologies Acquires ExoTerra Resource To Enhance U.S. Propulsion Manufacturing And Space Defense

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Voyager Technologies, a leading defense and space technology company, announced the acquisition of ExoTerra Resource, a pioneering developer of high-performance electric propulsion systems. The acquisition marks a significant step in bolstering America’s domestic propulsion manufacturing capacity and closing critical capability gaps for both defense and commercial space markets.

MAI Capital Management: $245 Million Firm Liberty Private Client Onboarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

MAI Capital Management, a registered investment advisor (RIA) focused on helping clients simplify, protect, and grow their wealth, has announced the acquisition of Liberty Private Client, a Fort Myers, Florida-based RIA managing approximately $245 million in client assets. The deal further strengthens MAI’s growing presence across the Southeast and marks its third Florida-based acquisition in the past year. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

LegitScript Buys Kompliant To Build Unified AI-Driven Platform For Merchant Risk And Compliance Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

LegitScript, a global leader in merchant and product certification and monitoring, has announced the acquisition of Kompliant, a compliance orchestration platform serving banks and financial service providers. The acquisition combines LegitScript’s risk intelligence, market data, and AI-driven monitoring capabilities with Kompliant’s advanced automation technology to create an end-to-end compliance platform that enhances merchant onboarding, underwriting, and lifecycle risk management.

VSE To Buy Aero 3 In $350 Million Deal To Expand Global Wheel And Brake Aftermarket Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

VSE Corporation, a leading provider of aviation aftermarket distribution and repair services, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire GenNx/AeroRepair IntermediateCo Inc., the parent company of Aero 3, a global Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) service provider and distributor specializing in the commercial wheel and brake aftermarket. The deal, valued at $350 million in cash, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Welltower: $23 Billion In Transactions Announced To Deepen Seniors Housing Focus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2025

Welltower has announced $23 billion in transactions designed to expand its presence in seniors housing and sharpen its strategic focus on rental housing for aging populations across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The transactions include $14 billion in acquisitions of more than 700 high-quality seniors housing communities encompassing over 46,000 units. They are expected to be fully funded through $9 billion of asset sales, loan repayments, and cash on hand.